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lin Park is now free from the moth. In 1897 no moths were 

 found in Charlestown ; 1 caterpillar was found in Brighton, 

 at a place where a large number of teams are stabled. In 

 Dorchester, where 18 bushels of caterpillars were gathered in 

 1895, only 151 caterpillars were found in 1897. 



Brookline. 



The two colonies which were found in Brookline in 1896 

 were quite thoroughly burlapped that season. A few hidden 

 eggs had hatched in 1897 in each of these colonies before the 

 spring inspection was finished. In one, however, the cater- 

 pillars were all destroyed early in the season. In the other 

 all were, apparently, destroyed, except in that part of the 

 colony where the inspection and cleaning up was not finished 

 in the spring. There the most of the caterpillars were killed 

 and a few egg-clusters were destroyed in the fall. The clean- 

 ing up of this colony was not finished when the men were 

 laid oft' in December. 



A careful survey of the boundary between Newton and 

 Brookline shows that two trees (formerly, but not now, in- 

 fested) included in one of the Brookline colonies stand just 

 over the line in Newton. A search made in the fall in the 

 northern part of Newton, adjoining Brookline, resulted in 

 the discovery of a male pupa case of the gypsy moth. This 

 discovery is not regarded as significant, but, since Newton 

 borders on the infested region, the city should be carefully 

 watched. 



Burlington. 



In the colony reported last year as infested a few caterpil- 

 lars were found in 1897. Altogether 9 caterpillars, 1 pupa 

 and 3 egg-clusters were found in the town. From a small 

 colony in Woburn, near the Burlington line, a few stragglers 

 crossed into Burlington, which accounts for two of these egg- 

 clusters. The continued infestation of Burlington is readily 

 traceable to large teaming operations conducted by one man. 



Cambridge. 

 The tree-to-tree inspection of Cambridge, which was begun 

 in 1896, had to be given up in 1897, in common with other 

 work, on account of the reduction of the appropriation ; 



